Write by Midnight Pep Talk 4-30-18

Another month has passed since our Write by Midnight challenge ended. We hope you’re still sticking to your daily writing habits. In May, think about how to make the most of the writing time you have. Try this technique:

Determine how much time you want to write on any given day. 30 minutes? An hour?

Now, set a timer for half of that time. Write freely until the timer lets you know to stop. Just get the scene on the page.

Then, reset the timer for a second round. This time, go back through what you wrote and make it make sense. Flesh out the scene with description, introspection, dialogue or whatever else you think the scene needs to be worthy of your name on the cover.

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